Alina Habba takes on new role for Donald Trump during criminal trial

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41% : Blanche is also representing Trump in his two federal criminal cases in Florida and D.C.The trial began this week, with jury selection starting on Monday.
39% : Habba, who represented Trump as lead attorney in the E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit, is still among the leading voices for the former president, but this time she's taking her megaphone outside the courtroom.
35% : The Manhattan trial that began Monday pertains to charges filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against Trump, marking the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president.
34% : Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
24% : "Trump is being represented in the New York criminal matter by attorneys Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles and Emil Bove.
20% : Speaking to podcaster Benny Johnson, Habba called the trial proceedings in Manhattan the "ultimate sham of a case" and suggested that the charges were politically motivated against Trump because he is the presumptive Republican nominee.
16% : Introduced as Trump's "legal spokesperson," Habba told The Benny Show, a politically conservative podcast, on Monday that she couldn't represent Trump in his criminal case because she didn't practice that type of law, but that her absence in court gave her the opportunity to get his message out through other platforms.
8% : She also said that he was "not wrong" in comparing himself to former South African President Nelson Mandela, describing Trump as a "victim of political persecution.
2% : Habba also represented Trump in the federal civil lawsuit filed by former Trump fixer Michael Cohen as well as the Florida lawsuit that Trump filed against Hillary Clinton and dozens of former Justice Department and FBI officials.

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